User Reviewshttp://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/default.aspxUser reviews for Red Steel 2en-USTelligent Community 1.5.134.12297 (Build: 5.5.134.12297)Red Steel 2 reviewhttp://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2013/02/03/red-steel-2-review.aspxSun, 03 Feb 2013 16:13:00 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:2555856Superman 64>>>GI mods(Hawke)28http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=2555856http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2013/02/03/red-steel-2-review.aspx#comments<p style="text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Before I start talking about Red Steel 2, do you remember Red Steel? Forget it. This game is completely different. Whereas the first one was an FPS with the occasional boring sword fight, Red Steel 2 is more of an action game or beat em up with a first person camera. You&#39;re free to use your sword or guns whenever you like, and you have a wide array of special attacks to use. While the first went for a realistic look, Red Steel 2 is cel shaded and set in a high tech Wild West/Far East. </p>
<p>All the characters from the first game are gone, and the story is completely unconnected. Now you play as a samurai cowboy named called Hero on account of his actual name being taken when he was banished from his clan long before the events of Red Steel 2, and is 4 lines of dialogue away from being a silent protagonist. This time around, Retro Studios helped with the controls, and they made Metroid Prime 3 - the first Wii FPS to make good use of the controller. Over all, a more appropriate name would be <i>Red Steel 2: The First One Never Happened.</i></p>
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<p>The motion controls works perfectly, with the sword following your Wii remote with 1:1 precision. You actually need to use your arm, not just your wrist. Your attacks are stronger the harder you swing, and I highly recommend going into the controls and changing the sensitivity to &quot;Relaxed&quot; so you don&#39;t need to swing as hard. While at the beginning you&#39;ll have nothing but your standard sword attacks and your pistol, you&#39;ll unlock 8 &quot;Hidden Moves&quot; and three other guns, all of which need to be bought. At fixed points in the game, you&#39;ll get &nbsp;&quot;Kusagari Powers&quot;, of which there are 5. They can be upgraded, as well as your firearms.</p>
<p>By the end of the game you&#39;ll be completely unstoppable and I can&#39;t think of any other game that captures the feeling of being a badass this well. I personally believe this game has the best use of motion controls to date, yes, even better than Legend of Zelda:Skyward Sword.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:xx-small;"><i>flame shield, never leave home without it.</i></span></p>
<p>The game leaves plenty of room for experimentation and trying different strategies to kill your enemies. For instance, stun a group of enemies with The Bear, then use that time to charge The Cobra and shoot them all with your pistol. Or shove an enemy against the wall with The Dragon, a move that resembles pushing someone with the force, then dash over to him and finish them while they&#39;re stunned with a stab. If your opponent is blocking, use your guard breaking attack and then blast them with your shotgun. All your moves are unique and have several uses, although The Tiger is somewhat over powered. It&#39;s a move that can block any attack and momentarily stuns your opponent. While it&#39;s not over powered at first, if you upgrade the time frame it stays up and the force of it, you have a relatively long time frame to use it and a longer time frame where your opponent is completely vulnerable. Well, an overpowered defensive move is preferable to an overpowered offensive move.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:xx-small;"><i>Yes, the Tiger even blocks that giant hammer.</i></span></p>
<p>while most people including yours truly focus primarily on sword fighting, the aiming controls are some of the best on the Wii. It has a Metroid Prime 3 style lock on, which keeps your camera focused on an enemy while allowing you to free aim. It has a decent level of control customization, allowing you to customize your bounding box size, turning speed, cursor sensitivity, and more. There&#39;s also a traditional aim assist that pulls your cursor towards the center of your target if you&#39;re aiming close enough, but it&#39;s redundant. Having AA <i>and </i>lock on? It makes aiming too easy.</p>
<p>&nbsp;You start off with your revolver, but can buy three more guns in addition to that. A shotgun, a machine gun, and a rifle. You can upgrade damage for each of them and three other things that differ from gun to gun. After fully upgrading the latter three, you unlock a special upgrade. The rifle gets explosive shots, the shotgun gains the ability to shred armor like it&#39;s made of newspaper, the machine gun can shoot through enemies and destructible objects, and your pistol&#39;s shots will ricochet off the environment. You can also buy armor, extra lives, and masks that give you a longer time frame to do finishers on enemies.</p>
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<p>The side missions are all very dull, and can be described as this: Find X number of Y and get Z money. Luckily, you have no need to do them. The levels are littered with destructible items that drop money, and a bit of exploring will find you tripping over sheriff tokens that serve no purpose but to give you money, as well as safes filled with gold. I never did a single side mission, and by the end of the game I had fully upgraded two guns, my katana, all the Kusagari Powers (except The Tiger, and that was out of choice), and had bought every Hidden Power and enough ammunition to overthrow Fidel Castro.</p>
<p>The cel shaded art style makes good use of the Wii&#39;s limited power, and the games frame rate is stable outside of the occasional, momentary drop. <a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/08/20/gc-2009-red-steel-2-hands-on" target="_blank">According to this IGN article</a>, it runs at 60 FPS, and is at times locked at 85 frames per second. You read that right, 85. Loading times are frequent and hidden behind doors opening animations that usually last about 3-6 seconds.</p>
<p>It&#39;s not unfair to say that the story is just an excuse to give you a gun and a sword. Basically, the villain wants your legendary sword, the Sora Katana. He also wants to make more to arm his army with, because he&#39;s evil. No characters have any real depth, and as I said earlier, Hero is 4 lines of dialogue away from being a silent protaganist. They also never really explain why Hero was banished from his clan, but their is some speculation from one character that one of the clansmen predicted that the Katakara clan would come and kill the Kusagari clan (the clan Hero was a part of, just to be clear), so they sent him away with their Sora Katana to keep it safe. Seeing as how Hero pretty much single handedly destroyed the Jackals, Katakara, and Ninjas, wouldn&#39;t it have made more sense just to keep him there, and have him be the welcoming committee?</p>
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<p>The enemy variety is a little weak. There are only three grunt types that you encounter frequently, &nbsp;one affiliated with each of those three groups I just mentioned. There&#39;s also a stronger, more uncommon enemy type affiliated with each of them, as well as Katakara Chaingunners. You occasionally encounter floating mines, but they can all be taken care of by using the Tiger right before they explode. There are also flying little robots armed with machine guns, but unless you count the same enemies with additional armor or guns instead of swords as unique enemy types, that&#39;s it. Aside from the five boss battles, that is. They all pit you against a unique enemy who is more or less your equal, some times with their own Kusagari Powers.</p>
<p>The game is also short, I beat the game in under 7 hours on the default difficulty. Of course, it&#39;s important to remember I&#39;ve beaten the game 3 times before this. Red Steel 2 also has a lack of replay value, with nothing to do after you&#39;ve beaten the game but replay it. It has a hard mode available from the start and a challenge mode which allows you to get money by replaying levels you&#39;ve beaten with whatever weapons you have. It&#39;s also timed, and any money you get breaking crates is added to your score, not the money you get at the end. Being worth the money shouldn&#39;t be an issue, given that Red Steel 2 is dirt cheap. But I assure you, it is. I don&#39;t give many games an 8+, and if I do that should be taken as a recommendation.</p>
<p>By the way, feel free to rate and comment.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2555856" width="1" height="1">User ReviewWiiRed Steel 2HawkeBetter than the real thinghttp://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2012/12/09/better-than-the-real-thing.aspxSun, 09 Dec 2012 14:06:00 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:2436154campfiresong1http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=2436154http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2012/12/09/better-than-the-real-thing.aspx#comments<p>Ive aways been a fan of samurais. THe katana is the coolest weapon ever and i will say tis clearly ive swungin a blade Z(own 2) and this is probably thre closest you can get to the real thing.I love the graphics that remind me of the walking dead comics and the combat i the est since dmc came out years ago.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2436154" width="1" height="1">Good,But Not Greathttp://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2011/05/23/good-but-not-great.aspxMon, 23 May 2011 15:57:00 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:939943Constant Jaywalking0http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=939943http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2011/05/23/good-but-not-great.aspx#comments<p>Red Steel 2 is a beautiful game. In my opinion, it&#39;s the second best looking game on the Wii. It&#39;s not at Okami&#39;s level of graphics, but it&#39;s very pretty to look at. However, the gameplay isn&#39;t as good as the graphics. The gameplay is good, but not great. It&#39;s good enough to give you a good time, but it will frustrate you at times. Red Steel 2 works better for some people than others. Some people will love the sword and gun action, which can be a lot of fun even with it&#39;s flaws. Others will focus on the flaws, and won&#39;t like this game at all. Red Steel 2 is one of the best third-party titles on the Wii. While that&#39;s not saying much, all Wii owners should check this game out.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=939943" width="1" height="1">User ReviewWiiRed Steel 2Third-partyITS OKAYhttp://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/05/25/its-okay.aspxTue, 25 May 2010 21:20:00 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:346458SNAKEwtBLOOD1http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=346458http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/05/25/its-okay.aspx#comments<p>IT WAS NOT AS GOOD AS THE FIRST ONE BUT THEN AGAIN THEY HAD COMPLETE DIFFERENT STORIES THIS ONE HAD AWSOME SWORD PLAY AND ALL BOSS BATTLES WERE FUN STARTS SLOW BUT ALL THE FIGHTS IN THE GAME ARE REALLY COOL</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=346458" width="1" height="1">User ReviewWiiSO CLOSE!!!!!!!!!!http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/05/01/so-close.aspxSat, 01 May 2010 23:50:00 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:316004Michael Tetmeyer0http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=316004http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/05/01/so-close.aspx#comments<p>AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! I wanna give this game ten so bad!!!!&nbsp; When I got this game i was expecting a follow to the first red steels plot, which i had not played.&nbsp; But instead i got none. I was barely listening to the characters as they spoke.&nbsp; With only one plot twist bigger than my toe, this game fails where every game should shine.&nbsp; Aside from that, I LOVE THIS GAME.&nbsp; Be warned, being a sword guru for most of my life, any kind of this like this is great.&nbsp; The visuals are great.&nbsp; I loved getting this game, seeing as the Wii is my only current gen console.&nbsp; Almost HD, in my opinion (this is coming from a guy who can&#39;t tell the difference between PS2 and gamecube graphics, but seriously, I can&#39;t see it.&nbsp; so, be warned.)&nbsp; The music is amazing.&nbsp; whether it&#39;s creepy music for the first time you meet a ninja, or the western music when you&#39;re slicing him to bits, I want to listen to it all day.&nbsp; It plyed like it was supposed to, with&nbsp; a few minor glitches (the , I&#39;m stuck inside my enemies body after the rush anyone?)&nbsp; but that&#39;s probably cause my Wii is jank.&nbsp; Te concept to make a real sword fighting simulation game was delivered upon, and I think that&#39;s the best we can ask for.&nbsp; Here&#39;s looking to a Red Steel 3, that actually has a plot.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=316004" width="1" height="1">User ReviewWiiRed Steel 2 is really coolhttp://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/30/red-steel-2-is-really-cool.aspxWed, 31 Mar 2010 02:34:00 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:275011broboader20http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=275011http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/30/red-steel-2-is-really-cool.aspx#comments<p>I have come to report that Red Steel 2 does not suck as bad as the first. Overall the game is great the swordplay is amazing,the shooting is great,and the story is for the most part flawless. The sword play works out great,starting easy until your combing those moves to make massive combos that make&nbsp;you feel like your in the action yourself. The Wii motion plus makes the sword as acurate as you are and the fact that you need to swing hard to do any damage makes it so you cant just swing it around randomly like in Wii boxing. Also the gunplay is fun and makes combos that much more interesting. Now without giving any of the story away generally speaking you play the last gaurdian of the Kugasari clan (sorry if I&nbsp;screwed it up) and he goes on a rampage killing anyone and everyone who stands in his way and he looks good doing it. All in all Red Steel 2 is a must buy and i would recommened this to anyone who likes games that are good.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=275011" width="1" height="1">User ReviewWiiRed Steel 2Best Shooter on wii!http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/25/best-shooter-on-wii.aspxThu, 25 Mar 2010 19:33:00 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:268456Marios creed0http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=268456http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/25/best-shooter-on-wii.aspx#comments<p>With bad games like Cod reflex edition for the Wii people probably think the Wii has no good shooting games. That just changed!</p>
<p>Red steel 1 was a complete mess. </p>
<p>Red Steel 2 though is epic.</p>
<p>Plot: play as a Cusagary fighting the Jackel clan</p>
<p>Graphics: outstanding! for 90 percent of the time</p>
<p>Sound: the music is great to listen to and fits with the setting</p>
<p>Controls: great compared to red steel 1</p>
<p>Good: almost every thing</p>
<p>Bad: no online or co-op</p>
<p>Replay value: moderatly high</p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=268456" width="1" height="1">User ReviewWiiswordredsteel2gunRed Steel 2O.K GAMEhttp://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/24/o-k-game.aspxThu, 25 Mar 2010 00:25:00 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:267477MrRAYGUN20092http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=267477http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/24/o-k-game.aspx#comments<p>I have it its fun to swing the wii remote and cut down enemies but there are some flaws...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=267477" width="1" height="1">User ReviewWiicoolhttp://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/24/cool.aspxThu, 25 Mar 2010 00:03:00 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:267433mkfan1232http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=267433http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/24/cool.aspx#comments<p>looks cool might buy it</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=267433" width="1" height="1">My Standpointhttp://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/24/my-standpoint.aspxWed, 24 Mar 2010 23:04:00 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:267328TBB MajorPain1http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=267328http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/24/my-standpoint.aspx#comments<p>Looks pretty good from my standpoint.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=267328" width="1" height="1">User ReviewWiiI knew ithttp://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/24/i-knew-it.aspxWed, 24 Mar 2010 16:03:00 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:266590Ed6http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=266590http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/24/i-knew-it.aspx#comments<p>You see, great core games CAN be made for the Wii. Anyone who complains constantly about the lack of core Wii games better have already bought this game. Either that, or stop complaining and shut your mouth. You have no right to complain anymore if you haven&#39;t bought this game yet. I doubt you will buy it though, since you didn&#39;t buy The Conduit either, or Mad World, or House of the Dead: Overkill, or Deadly Creatures, or Dead Space: Extraction. All of those games were made by developers who were trying to answer your pleas for core games and nobody listened. </p>
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<p>You only have yourself to blame if you let this awesome game get lost in the shuffle again. Now, if you&#39;ll excuse me, I need to get back to my second playthrough.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=266590" width="1" height="1">User ReviewWiiThank You Ubisofthttp://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/24/thank-you-ubisoft.aspxWed, 24 Mar 2010 15:25:00 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:266566TurdFurgy0http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=266566http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/24/thank-you-ubisoft.aspx#comments<p>Wow, I&#39;m very impressed with this game. It just goes to show you that all you have to do is try to make a good game for the wii, I&#39;m looking at all you lazy devopers out there who say you cant make a good game for the Wii.</p>
<p>Let me start out by saying that the swordplay&nbsp; in here is just downright awesome. Dont expect the same type of controll as from Wii Sports resort&#39;s sword games, its not the same, but it was designed for a first person veiw and it works perfectly.</p>
<p>The gameplay and moves you can do are as badass as much as &nbsp;the protaganist on the front cover looks. Toggling between the blade and the barrel is a breeze. And it&#39;s not just the simple slashes either, there are moves and combos that you can do. In the game, I was facing three badies in front of me, I leaped into the air and brought down my sword on the one in the middle knocking him down, then I pulled a spin attack(think Zelda) cutting the other two. I then charged up my blade as the first one got back up and then slashed him high into the air, then I leaped up to him and reintroduced him to my sword a few times. When we landed, an icon indicating that someone was fixing to atack me from behind poped up, I reacted and stabed behind me killing the poor fool who thaught he head me. Then the third guy jumped into the air planing to do a downward slash, I pulled out my shotgun and, while holding it side ways gangster style, pulled the triger, stoping him in mid-air. </p>
<p>Yup, get&nbsp;&nbsp; this game it is awesome</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=266566" width="1" height="1">User ReviewWiired steel 2http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/24/red-steel-2.aspxWed, 24 Mar 2010 15:13:00 GMT79ef0c18-1c65-4225-984f-fdaeab0f0862:266547hregalado40http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=266547http://www.gameinformer.com/games/red_steel_2/b/user_reviews/archive/2010/03/24/red-steel-2.aspx#comments<p>another underrated game for the wii,wht else do yu want to know it is awesome.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=266547" width="1" height="1">User ReviewWii